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EVG posted:Finally caught up in this thread. I admit I might have skipped a few hundred pages in the middle. My first is due in December and now I wonder if I made a big mistake Saw an article the other day about how you will lose all your friendships with childless friends over the next few years and…. yes I guess that’s true? Honestly we had trouble keeping up with friends who had children, much less those who didn’t. But friendships are hard, text people from time to time. And maybe try not to talk about poop every waking minute. We failed at this.
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EVG posted:Finally caught up in this thread. I admit I might have skipped a few hundred pages in the middle. My first is due in December and now I wonder if I made a big mistake Honestly there's so much more joy than frustration. There's a lot of frustrations but a ton of joy, at least in our life. Even with having not had a real night of sleep in several years I wouldn't ever have done anything differently. If you made the choice already just be confident in it and enjoy the sweet parts. You will learn so much about yourself.
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Yeah, I was kinda bummed about this thread before having my kid, but I get it now. Having a kid is amazing and I wouldn't trade it for anything, but occasionally you gotta vent about the dumb boring poo poo somewhere as well. I have only two weeks of maternity leave left! Then it's my husband's turn to stay at home for 5 and a half months. I'm sure they are gonna have a great time, but at the same time I'm secretly glad he has to deal with the whole starting to move phase.
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Renegret posted:I'm almost done with TOTK! Only took 5 months, which is a personal record for a game of that length! Honestly if your older kid is in daycare or school and you get decent leave, the potato phase is pretty good for games you can pause. I'm on my second bg3 playthrough and I'll probably finish a third before my mat leave ends at Halloween.
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Goffer posted:Still only in act 1 of Baldur's gate 3 The trick is, get less sleep by playing when everyone else is in bed! I learned that operating on 4-5 hours of sleep when approaching 40 is suboptimal, but I need to stop this evil cult of the Absolute!!! The Sword Coast needs me! Edit: act ii is also smaller than act i. I was at 22 hours to complete act I, and hit 40 at the start of act III. A Bad King fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Sep 17, 2023 |
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EVG posted:Finally caught up in this thread. I admit I might have skipped a few hundred pages in the middle. My first is due in December and now I wonder if I made a big mistake :dance: Oh my goodness you're in for the thrill of a lifetime. That first minute you spend with the littlest person is just going to floor you. They will keep on flooring you day in and day out until you die. You'll be so tired that you'll get brain damage, which isn't as horrific as you might suppose considering you will more likely than not experience memories of the bad as positive experiences and memories of the good as swarms of joy. It's all joy. Taking 10k photos and videos of their first years and revisiting them constantly during the workday is normal in our age.
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EVG posted:Finally caught up in this thread. I admit I might have skipped a few hundred pages in the middle. My first is due in December and now I wonder if I made a big mistake My three year old was playing with her veterinarian toys today, shined a light into my throat, told me I had throat diarrhea and that it was bad news. You can't get that kind of treatment anywhere else.
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nachos posted:Saw an article the other day about how you will lose all your friendships with childless friends over the next few years and…. yes I guess that’s true? Honestly we had trouble keeping up with friends who had children, much less those who didn’t. But friendships are hard, text people from time to time. And maybe try not to talk about poop every waking minute. We failed at this. But like also if those people DO end up having kids you might be able to pick up like you never left of because they suddenly, totally get it.
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A Bad King posted:The trick is, get less sleep by playing when everyone else is in bed! I’ve been doing this since child was born 3 years ago. Daddy video game time is between 5-630am and/or 10pm-midnight. Tbh I probably just need to stop playing video games because among the many things parenthood has made me resentful of, video games are one of them. I notice every little instance of time wasting game design whereas before that poo poo just didn’t matter.
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Doll House Ghost posted:Yeah, I was kinda bummed about this thread before having my kid, but I get it now. Having a kid is amazing and I wouldn't trade it for anything, but occasionally you gotta vent about the dumb boring poo poo somewhere as well. 5 and a half months?! Holy moly. I only get 9 weeks, and half of that unpaid  After that, we’re going to see how well I can juggle working remote and watching baby, as day care is almost as much as my take home check each month… it’s gonna be an experience!
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External Organs posted:My three year old was playing with her veterinarian toys today, shined a light into my throat, told me I had throat diarrhea and that it was bad news. Mine likes to walk towards me, snipping the doctor’s kit scissors, saying “It’s gonna be ok! It’s gonna be ok!”. Bedside manner needs work. Also my 4yo daughter has been playing princess and talking about going to the ball. But today a new character has entered the playspace: The Baller. The Baller’s job is to wear a cape and write all the princess’ names down who are attending the ball.
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Brawnfire posted:I wish I was a baller I wish I was a little bit taller
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devmd01 posted:I wish I was a little bit taller I wish I had a girl who looked good. I would call her. Edit: wait. My wife looks great. I don't like this game I joined. Good-Natured Filth fucked around with this message at 04:23 on Sep 18, 2023 |
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When is the kid "potty trained" Twice today she without asking went and used the 1/2 size trainer potty and emptied it into the big toilet, one time asking "how do i flush the big one?" That sounds about 80% trained? Do I need a solid week of dry diapers?
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Shoulda went for the rabbit in the hat with the bat and the 64 Impala Daughter [from bathtub]: I've got a challenge for you! Me: Okay, hit me. Daughter: Can you whistle Moonlight Sonata? Me: [starts trying to whistle moonlight sonata] Daughter: Not the first movement, the third movement. Me: What...? Jesus christ...
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I always thought of my kids as fully potty trained when we went a full week where I didn't have to think twice about them being in underwear all day. There are steps though. Like a clean diaper day, wearing underwear during the day, wearing underwear at night.
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Oh apparently we still have to master pooping. Which.... has not happened yet
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Does one ever really master pooping though
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nachos posted:Does one ever really master pooping though
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EVG posted:5 and a half months?! Holy moly. I only get 9 weeks, and half of that unpaid Yeah, here each parent gets 160 days (counted Mon-Sat) of paid leave and the birthing parent gets an extra 40 days on top of that. You can gift 63 of your days to the other parent. System was a bit different before, but since men weren't using their leave (something like 12% of paternity leave got used) the system was changed to more equal to encourage men to use their leave.
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nachos posted:Does one ever really master pooping though Great at pooping, wiping is another story
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Hadlock posted:When is the kid "potty trained" What's your definition of "potty trained?" Our day care has a list in the bathroom of all the kids in our 3 year old's room and their status. Our 3 year old is listed as "fully potty trained." Most of his poop is in his undies still. Maybe once or twice a week he'll either self initiate it and go to the potty, or we'll catch it at just the right time, but that's still the exception and not the rule. He usually self initiates pee, but not always (edit; by that I mean he will self initiate more often than he has an accident). But we still have to keep an eye on him and make sure he goes frequently enough, because he still occasionally ignores it and doesn't quite make it in time. Typically he's dry, both during the day and also periodically in the morning or after nap. Sometimes he has a pee accident, but that's much more rare now. So.... that's what our day care considers "fully potty trained." Our oldest is almost 6, and my nephews are almost 8, and all this has taught us is that this is something that takes years before you're truly accident-free. It's a long, slow process of incremental improvement. At some point long before that you will be diaper free, but I wouldn't consider that to be the true end of it. nachos posted:Does one ever really master pooping though Is this rhetorical because you're asking goons... DaveSauce fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Sep 18, 2023 |
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Our 7 year old still needs nighttime pull-ups because they sleep so deeply but other than that they’re completely autonomous in bathroom use so idk what counts
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nachos posted:Does one ever really master pooping though Thread titleeeee
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nachos posted:Parenting Thread: Does one ever really master pooping though … although I am a big fan of the current title too.
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I'd consider fully potty trained where if you average accidents where you have to change underwear (not counting being sick or other out of ordinary situations) they average to zero per day when you round over the course of a week.
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If it helps put this in perspective, our oldest just started kindergarten. At her school, the K and I'm pretty sure the 1st grade classrooms all have their own bathrooms in the room, whereas the 2nd grade and older classrooms do not.
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nachos posted:Does one ever really master pooping though
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You can't hold everything!! You can't hold everything.
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On that note, my 5yo is having some sort of hangup about using the toilet at school. Like, he's holding pee all day until he gets home at like 5pm. It's freaking me out, that can't be good for your bladder! Trying to bribe him into it with ice cream, so far no success. If he doesn't do it today, it's time for a note to his teacher. Kids!! WTF!!!
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Mokotow posted:Great at pooping, wiping is another story Mom! Mom! Mooooooooooooom! I need a wipe! Moooom!!!!
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"daddy you need to wipe me because it's not fair if I do it"
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wizzardstaff posted:Mom! This is my wife's life. If she's busy and I'm free, I'm still not good enough. Also, if you haven't enrolled your kids in Dolly's Imagination Library, I would definitely recommend it. They emailed a congrats for graduating, our daughter turned 5 today, so she won't be receiving free books anymore. But it was really awesome, Dolly is the best.
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